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EP 1 211 874 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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22.01.2003 Bulletin 2003/04 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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05.06.2002 Bulletin 2002/23 |
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Date of filing: 13.07.2001 |
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Designated Contracting States: |
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AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR |
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AL LT LV MK RO SI |
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Priority: |
01.12.2000 GB 0293654
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Applicant: Hitachi Micro Systems Europe Limited |
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Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 8YA (GB) |
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- Walton, Mark
Reading, Berkshire RG6 4BU (GB)
- Kubo, Eiji
Tokyo 192-0363 (JP)
- Nakagawa, Tetsuya
Koganei-shi, Tokyo 184-0004 (JP)
- Aida, Kosaku
Tokyo 121-0062 (JP)
- Kasai, Nobuya
Higashi-Murayama-shi, Tokyo 189-0011 (JP)
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Representative: Read, Matthew Charles et al |
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Venner Shipley & Co. 20 Little Britain London EC1A 7DH London EC1A 7DH (GB) |
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Single chip semiconductor device for implementing a side-tone function in a telephone |
(57) A semiconductor device comprises a DSP (Digital Signal Processor), a CPU for controlling
the DSP and an interface circuit. The interface circuit comprises an input circuit,
a gain-adjusting circuit and an output circuit. The input circuit inputs a digital
signal and supplies the signal to the DSP synchronously with a first clock signal.
The gain-adjusting circuit is capable of adjusting the gain of the digital signal
supplied to the input circuit. The output circuit adds a digital signal received from
the DSP to the digital signal with the gain thereof adjusted and outputs a signal
obtained as a result of the addition synchronously with the first clock signal. A
signal path extended from the input circuit through the gain-adjusting circuit to
the output circuit forms hardware. A digital signal to be transmitted propagates through
the hardware to be subjected to the so-called side-tone processing. As a result, it
is possible to provide a semiconductor device capable of generating a side tone without
increasing the magnitude of a load borne by a CPU and without requiring an external
circuit component.

